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Medical School Secondary Application Prompts
The Med School Insiders Secondary Application Database is updated for the 2025 application cycle! Medical schools are sorted alphabetically below.
Each school's prompts are accompanied by expert tips and strategies to help you craft a more effective secondary application. To take your secondary applications to the next level, take a look at our secondary application packages!
California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Clovis, CA)California University of Science and Medicine (Colton, CA)Carle Illinois College of Medicine (Urbana, IL)Central Michigan University College of Medicine (Mount Pleasant, MI)Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University (Downers Grove, IL)Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (Cleveland, OH)Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (Camden, NJ)CUNY School of Medicine (New York, NY)
California Northstate University College of Medicine (Elk Grove, CA)Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lillington, NC)Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, OH)Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, OH)Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Los Angeles, CA)Chicago Medical School – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science (North Chicago, IL)Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, NE)
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Indianapolis, IN)Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – Minnesota (Rochester, MN)Medical College of Georgia – School of Medicine (Augusta, GA)Medical University of South Carolina – College of Medicine (Charleston, SC)Mercer University School of Medicine (Macon, GA)Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (East Lansing, MI)Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine (New York, NY)
Marshall University – Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (Huntington, WV)Mayo Clinic School of Medicine – Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ)Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)Meharry Medical College (Nashville, TN)Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (East Lansing, MI)Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA)
Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Conroe, TX)San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (Caguas, Puerto Rico)Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Springfield, IL)Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)SUNY Upstate Medical University – College of Medicine (Syracuse, NY)
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)Texas Tech University HSC – Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (El Paso, TX)Thomas Jefferson University — Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Philadelphia, PA)Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine Nevada (Henderson, NV)Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences – F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine (Bethesda, MD)University at Buffalo – School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (Buffalo, NY)University of Arizona College of Medicine (Phoenix, AZ)University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – College of Medicine (Little Rock, AR)University of California Irvine School of Medicine (Irvine, CA)University of California Riverside School of Medicine (Riverside, CA)University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (San Francisco, CA)University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (Chicago, IL)University of Colorado School of Medicine (Denver, CO)University of Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville, FL)University of Illinois College of Medicine (Chicago, IL)University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (Iowa City, IA)University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Lexington, KY)University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (Miami, FL)University of Minnesota Medical School – Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine (Jackson, MS)University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine (Columbia, MO)University of Nevada–Reno School of Medicine (Reno, NV)University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (Biddeford, ME)University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, NC)University of North Texas (UNTHSC-TCOM) (Fort Worth, TX)University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pittsburgh, PA)University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (Rochester, NY)University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine (Tampa, FL)University of Tennessee HSC College of Medicine (Memphis, TN)University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Medicine (Galveston, TX)University of Texas Houston McGovern Medical School (Houston, TX)University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical School (Dallas, TX)University of Utah School of Medicine (Salt Lake City, UT)University of Vermont College of Medicine (Burlington, VT)University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (Madison, WI)
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)University of Alabama School of Medicine (Birmingham, AL)University of Arizona College of Medicine (Tucson, AZ)University of California Davis School of Medicine (Sacramento, CA)University of California Los Angeles (UCLA David Geffen) (Los Angeles, CA)University of California San Diego School of Medicine (San Diego, CA)University of Central Florida College of Medicine (Orlando, FL)University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (Cincinnati, OH)University of Connecticut School of Medicine (Farmington, CT)University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (Honolulu, HI)University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (San Antonio, TX)University of Kansas School of Medicine (Kansas City, KS)University of Louisville School of Medicine (Louisville, KY)University of Massachusetts School of Medicine (Worcester, MA)University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor, MI)University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth (Duluth, MN)University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine (Kansas City, MO)University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine (Omaha, NE)University of Nevada–Las Vegas School of Medicine (Las Vegas, NV)University of New Mexico School of Medicine (Albuquerque, NM)University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Grand Forks, ND)University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Oklahoma City, OK)University of Pikeville – Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine (Pikeville, KY)University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (San Juan, Puerto Rico)University of South Alabama College of Medicine (Mobile, AL)University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine (Los Angeles, CA)University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School (Austin, TX)University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (Edinburg, TX)University of Texas San Antonio School of Medicine (San Antonio, TX)University of Toledo College of Medicine (Toledo, OH)University of Virginia School of Medicine (Charlottesville, VA)University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle, WA)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine – Bowman Gray Campus (Winston-Salem, NC)Washington University in St. Louis – School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College (Manhattan, NY)West Virginia University School of Medicine (Morgantown, WV)Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (Lebanon, OR & Pomona, CA)Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (Dayton, OH)
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (Spokane, WA)Wayne State University School of Medicine (Detroit, MI)West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lewisburg, WV)Western Michigan University School of Medicine (Kalamazoo, MI)William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Hattiesburg, MS)
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